Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25 November 2013 Intigral, the Middle East's leading digital media solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Ben Kinealy as the companys Chief Executive Officer.  Ben will assume responsibilities with immediate effect, and will succeed Acting CEO Dr. Ismaeel Makdisi.

Mr. Kinealys key role will be to develop a strong vision and strategy to expand Intigral into new markets and business areas. He will oversee all aspects of the business including, building partnerships and will also be responsible for reinforcing the Intigral brand, whilst strengthening the companys position across the MENA region.

Talking about his appointment Mr. Kinealy said, I am delighted and honoured with this opportunity to build on the strength and reputation of Intigral. I look forward to expanding our services and reach into new areas of growth. Talking about Intigral and its ecosystem, Mr. Kinealy stated: today we are among the largest digital companies in the Middle East, we will build on this foundation to further enhance our collaboration with the Telcos while providing the digital ecosystem with the right products and services to help them to reach audiences and market their products across MENA.

Concerning the development of new flagships products, Mr. Kinealy commented: In partnership with STC we recently launched MENAs premier football destination, Dawriplus, we intend to replicate this model by working with other operators to develop premium digital destinations that can truly help the telecom operators to enhance their core offers as we have already done with STCs IPTV product, Invision.

Mr. Kinealy was previously the Vice President IPTV & OTT at Intigral.  With 22 years of experience in digital and media, Ben Kinealy had previously held a number of senior positions in leading Mobile, IPTV and new media organizations. Including Director of IPTV & PayTV at Telstra, Australias leading Telecommunications Company where he successfully led all video products including the T-Box and FOXTEL bundles.

Bens experience has given him a solid understanding of new media across Telco TV, online and mobile from a business development, product, marketing, technical and executive management perspective.

Ben graduated from the University of Sydney with a degree in Visual Arts.  

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About Intigral
Formed in 2009, Intigral recently reported annual revenue growth of 40 percent. Intigral counts a number of leading regional telecom operators as its customers, giving it access to a combined customer base of 34.25 million users regionally.

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Press Release 2013